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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.

Idioms:

  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.