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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.