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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.