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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.