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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.

Idioms:

  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.