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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.

Idioms:

  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )