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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.

Idioms:

  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.