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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.

Idioms:

  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.