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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.