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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.