"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.
  • Esteem for ( শ্রদ্ধা ) He has esteem for the superiors.
  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Worthy of ( যোগ্য ) He is worthy of our praise.

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family