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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.

Idioms:

  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.