"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.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.