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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.