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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.

Idioms:

  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.