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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.