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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.

Idioms:

  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.