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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Satisfied with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am satisfied with him or I am satisfied of the truth.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.

Idioms:

  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.