"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.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.

Idioms:

  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.