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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.