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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.

Idioms:

  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Bring to light ( প্রকাশ করা ) At last all the facts were brought to light.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.