"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.
  • Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush