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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.