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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.

Idioms:

  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.