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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.