"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.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.

Idioms:

  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.