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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.

Idioms:

  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.