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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.

Idioms:

  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.