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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.

Idioms:

  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.