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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.