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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.

Idioms:

  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.