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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.

Idioms:

  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.