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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Warn of ( সতর্ক করা ) He warned me of the danger.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.