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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.

Idioms:

  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.