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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • 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.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.