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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.