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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.

Idioms:

  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.