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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.

Idioms:

  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.