"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.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.

Idioms:

  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.