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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Faith with ( বিশ্বাস (ভঙ্গ) ) He broke faith with me.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.

Idioms:

  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )