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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.

Idioms:

  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.