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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Admit of ( স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া ) Your conduct admits of no excuse.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.