"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.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.

Idioms:

  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Bring to light ( প্রকাশ করা ) At last all the facts were brought to light.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.