"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.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.

Idioms:

  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.