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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.

Idioms:

  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.