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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.