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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.