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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Fill with ( পরিপূর্ণ ) This tank is filled with water.

Idioms:

  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )