"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.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.

Idioms:

  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.