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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.

Idioms:

  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.