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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.

Idioms:

  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.