"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.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Favour with ( অনুগত করা ) Would you favour me with an early reply?

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.