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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.