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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.

Idioms:

  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.