"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.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.

Idioms:

  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.