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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )