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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.