"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.
  • Fill with ( পরিপূর্ণ ) This tank is filled with water.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

Idioms:

  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.