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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.

Idioms:

  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.