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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.

Idioms:

  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush