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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.