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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.

Idioms:

  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Beggar description ( বর্ণনাতীত ) The beauty of the Taj beggars description.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.