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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.

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
  • A blessing in disguise ( বিপরীতে হিত ; প্রথমে খারাপ হিসেবে মনে হলেও পরবর্তীতে ভালো হয় ) Sam's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise because he got enough insurance money.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.