"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.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.

Idioms:

  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.