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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Made of ( তৈরি ) This ring is made of gold.

Idioms:

  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.