"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.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.

Idioms:

  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.