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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.

Idioms:

  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.