"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.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.