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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.