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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.

Idioms:

  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.