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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Faithful to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) The dog is faithful to his master.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Agree to ( একমত হওয়া (প্রস্তাব) ) I can't agree to the proposals.
  • Admit of ( স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া ) Your conduct admits of no excuse.

Idioms:

  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )