"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.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.