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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Agree with ( একমত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I agree with you on this point
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Trust to ( বিশ্বাস করা (ব্যক্তি) ) You may trust the work to me.
  • Fill with ( পরিপূর্ণ ) This tank is filled with water.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.