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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.

Idioms:

  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.