"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.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • A blessing in disguise ( বিপরীতে হিত ; প্রথমে খারাপ হিসেবে মনে হলেও পরবর্তীতে ভালো হয় ) Sam's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise because he got enough insurance money.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.