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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.

Idioms:

  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.