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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Worthy of ( যোগ্য ) He is worthy of our praise.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.