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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )