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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.