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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.

Idioms:

  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.