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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.