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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Part from ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He parted form his friend.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • 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.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.