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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.