"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.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.

Idioms:

  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.