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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.