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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.