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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Belong to ( অধিকারে থাকা ) This house is no more belongs to him.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.