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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.