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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.