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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.

Idioms:

  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )