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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Admit of ( স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া ) Your conduct admits of no excuse.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.

Idioms:

  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )