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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.

Idioms:

  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )