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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Deal with ( ব্যবহার করা ) He deals well with the customers.

Idioms:

  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.