"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.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Supply with ( যোগান দেওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) He supplied us with food.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story