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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.