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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.