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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.

Idioms:

  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.