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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.