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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.