"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.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )