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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.