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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.

Idioms:

  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.