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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.