"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.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Belong to ( অধিকারে থাকা ) This house is no more belongs to him.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.