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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.

Idioms:

  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.