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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.