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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.