"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.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Enter into ( প্রবেশ করা ) He entered into the room.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.