"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.
  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.

Idioms:

  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.