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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.