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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Attach to ( জুড়ে দেওয়া ) Attach this file to the email.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.