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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.

Idioms:

  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.