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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.