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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.

Idioms:

  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.