"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.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.