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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • 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.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.