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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Offended with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.