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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.

Idioms:

  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )