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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.