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Appropriate Preposition:
- Agree to ( একমত হওয়া (প্রস্তাব) ) I can't agree to the proposals.
- Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
- Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
- Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
- Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
- Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
Idioms:
- Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
- Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
- Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
- bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
- Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
- Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.