"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.