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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.

Idioms:

  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.