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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.

Idioms:

  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.