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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.