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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Esteem for ( শ্রদ্ধা ) He has esteem for the superiors.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.

Idioms:

  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.