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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Liable to ( দায়ী ) He is liable to fine for his misconduct.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )