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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.