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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.

Idioms:

  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )