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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Composed of ( তৈরি ) Water is composed of Hydrogen and Oxygen.

Idioms:

  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.