"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.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.