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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )