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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.

Idioms:

  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.