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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.

Idioms:

  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.