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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.

Idioms:

  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.