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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.

Idioms:

  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.