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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.

Idioms:

  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.