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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Supply with ( যোগান দেওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) He supplied us with food.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.

Idioms:

  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.