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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.

Idioms:

  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.