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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.

Idioms:

  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.