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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Trust to ( বিশ্বাস করা (ব্যক্তি) ) You may trust the work to me.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.