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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )