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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

Idioms:

  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.