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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.

Idioms:

  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.