"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.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Satisfied with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am satisfied with him or I am satisfied of the truth.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.

Idioms:

  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Bring to light ( প্রকাশ করা ) At last all the facts were brought to light.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home