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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.

Idioms:

  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.