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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Render into ( অনুবাদ করা ) Render the passage into Hindi.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.