"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.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.