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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.

Idioms:

  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.