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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.