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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.