"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.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.

Idioms:

  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.