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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.