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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.

Idioms:

  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means