"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.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.

Idioms:

  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.