"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.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.