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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.

Idioms:

  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush