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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Admit of ( স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া ) Your conduct admits of no excuse.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.

Idioms:

  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.