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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.