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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • 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
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.