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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )