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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Faith with ( বিশ্বাস (ভঙ্গ) ) He broke faith with me.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel