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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.