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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Loyal to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is loyal to his master.

Idioms:

  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )