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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.

Idioms:

  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.