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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.