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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.

Idioms:

  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.