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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.

Idioms:

  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.