"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.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.