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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )