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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Differ in ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (মতামত) ) They differ in their opinions.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.

Idioms:

  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.