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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.

Idioms:

  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.