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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.

Idioms:

  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )