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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.

Idioms:

  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.