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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly