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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Rich in ( সম্পদশালী ) Bangladesh is rich in minerals.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.

Idioms:

  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.