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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Favour with ( অনুগত করা ) Would you favour me with an early reply?
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.