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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.