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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush