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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.

Idioms:

  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.