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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.