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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.