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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

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.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.