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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.

Idioms:

  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.