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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.

Idioms:

  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.