"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.
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.

Idioms:

  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush