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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?

Idioms:

  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )