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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.