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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.