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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Free from ( মুক্ত ) He is now free from danger.
  • Satisfied with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am satisfied with him or I am satisfied of the truth.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.