"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.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Heir of ( উত্তরাধিকারী (ব্যক্তি) ) He is the heir of his uncle.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )