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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Heir of ( উত্তরাধিকারী (ব্যক্তি) ) He is the heir of his uncle.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.