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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.