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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.

Idioms:

  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )