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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Liable to ( দায়ী ) He is liable to fine for his misconduct.

Idioms:

  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.