"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?
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Faithful to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) The dog is faithful to his master.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.

Idioms:

  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.