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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Complain to ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.

Idioms:

  • 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
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.