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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.