"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.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.