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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Bring to light ( প্রকাশ করা ) At last all the facts were brought to light.