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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.