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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.