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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.

Idioms:

  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.