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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.