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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.