"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.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.