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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )