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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.