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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.