"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.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.