"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.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.