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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.