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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.