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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.

Idioms:

  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.