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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.

Idioms:

  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.