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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.

Idioms:

  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )