"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.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Beggar description ( বর্ণনাতীত ) The beauty of the Taj beggars description.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.