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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Replace with another ( পরিবর্তন করা (একটি জিনিস) ) Replace this chair with new one.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Responsible for ( দায়ী (কোন কার্জ) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.

Idioms:

  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.