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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )