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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.

Idioms:

  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.