"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.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.

Idioms:

  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.