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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.

Idioms:

  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family