"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.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.

Idioms:

  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.