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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.

Idioms:

  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )