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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Replace with another ( পরিবর্তন করা (একটি জিনিস) ) Replace this chair with new one.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.