"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.
  • Trust to ( বিশ্বাস করা (ব্যক্তি) ) You may trust the work to me.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.