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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.