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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.

Idioms:

  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather