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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.

Idioms:

  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.