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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.

Idioms:

  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )