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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.