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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.

Idioms:

  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.