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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.