"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.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.

Idioms:

  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.