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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Unite with ( ঐক্যবদ্ধ হওয়া ) Be united with your friends.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.

Idioms:

  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.