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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.

Idioms:

  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )