"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.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.