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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.

Idioms:

  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.