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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.