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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )