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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.

Idioms:

  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.