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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )