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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.