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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.