"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.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.