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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.

Idioms:

  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )