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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.