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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Favour with ( অনুগত করা ) Would you favour me with an early reply?
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.