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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.

Idioms:

  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.