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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.