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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.