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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Faithful to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) The dog is faithful to his master.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

Idioms:

  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • 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
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.