"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.
  • Unite with ( ঐক্যবদ্ধ হওয়া ) Be united with your friends.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.

Idioms:

  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.