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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.

Idioms:

  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.