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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Esteem for ( শ্রদ্ধা ) He has esteem for the superiors.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.