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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.

Idioms:

  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.