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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.