"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.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.

Idioms:

  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.