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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Agree on ( একমত হওয়া (নির্দিষ্ট বিষয়) ) I am agree on this point.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Replace with another ( পরিবর্তন করা (একটি জিনিস) ) Replace this chair with new one.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.

Idioms:

  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.