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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Complain against ( অভিযোগ করা (অন্য ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.