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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Favour with ( অনুগত করা ) Would you favour me with an early reply?

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.