"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?
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.