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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.

Idioms:

  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • 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