"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.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel