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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Heir of ( উত্তরাধিকারী (ব্যক্তি) ) He is the heir of his uncle.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.