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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Faithful to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) The dog is faithful to his master.

Idioms:

  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.