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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.