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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Loyal to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is loyal to his master.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Responsible for ( দায়ী (কোন কার্জ) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist