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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.