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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.

Idioms:

  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly