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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.