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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.
  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.
  • Satisfied with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am satisfied with him or I am satisfied of the truth.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.