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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.

Idioms:

  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.