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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.

Idioms:

  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.