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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Trust to ( বিশ্বাস করা (ব্যক্তি) ) You may trust the work to me.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.

Idioms:

  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.