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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Trust to ( বিশ্বাস করা (ব্যক্তি) ) You may trust the work to me.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news

Idioms:

  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.