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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.

Idioms:

  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.