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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )