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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.

Idioms:

  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )