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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.

Idioms:

  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.