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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.

Idioms:

  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )