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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.