"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.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.