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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.