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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.

Idioms:

  • A blessing in disguise ( বিপরীতে হিত ; প্রথমে খারাপ হিসেবে মনে হলেও পরবর্তীতে ভালো হয় ) Sam's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise because he got enough insurance money.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.