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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.

Idioms:

  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.