"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.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.

Idioms:

  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story