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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.

Idioms:

  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.