"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.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.