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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.

Idioms:

  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.