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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.

Idioms:

  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.