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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.

Idioms:

  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.