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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.

Idioms:

  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.