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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.

Idioms:

  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.