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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Complain to ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.

Idioms:

  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.