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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.