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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Part from ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He parted form his friend.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.