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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.