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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.