"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.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.