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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.