"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.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.

Idioms:

  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.