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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.