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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Differ in ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (মতামত) ) They differ in their opinions.

Idioms:

  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.