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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Dislike for ( অপছন্দ ) He has dislike for dogs.

Idioms:

  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel