"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.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.

Idioms:

  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )