"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.
  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.
  • Aware of ( সচেতন ) Man should aware of the danger of environment pollution.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.