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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.

Idioms:

  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.