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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.

Idioms:

  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.