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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Agree with ( একমত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I agree with you on this point
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.

Idioms:

  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.