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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist