"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.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.

Idioms:

  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.