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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.