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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.

Idioms:

  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • 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.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.