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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • A blessing in disguise ( বিপরীতে হিত ; প্রথমে খারাপ হিসেবে মনে হলেও পরবর্তীতে ভালো হয় ) Sam's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise because he got enough insurance money.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.