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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.