"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.
  • Vexed for ( বিরক্ত (জিনিস) ) He is vexed with me for opposing him.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.