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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.

Idioms:

  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )