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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.