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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Faithful to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) The dog is faithful to his master.

Idioms:

  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )