"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.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.

Idioms:

  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family