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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.

Idioms:

  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.