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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Free from ( মুক্ত ) He is now free from danger.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.