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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.