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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Belong to ( অধিকারে থাকা ) This house is no more belongs to him.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.

Idioms:

  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.