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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.

Idioms:

  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.