"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?
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.

Idioms:

  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )