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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.

Idioms:

  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.