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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Rest upon ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) I rest upon your promise.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.