"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.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Appeal to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.

Idioms:

  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather