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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.