"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.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.

Idioms:

  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.