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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Favour with ( অনুগত করা ) Would you favour me with an early reply?
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.