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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.