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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.

Idioms:

  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.