"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.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.

Idioms:

  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.