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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Complain to ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.

Idioms:

  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.