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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.