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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Agree to ( একমত হওয়া (প্রস্তাব) ) I can't agree to the proposals.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.