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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.