"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.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.

Idioms:

  • 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 )
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.