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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.

Idioms:

  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.