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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.

Idioms:

  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.