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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Differ in ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (মতামত) ) They differ in their opinions.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.