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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.

Idioms:

  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist