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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.