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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.

Idioms:

  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.