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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Warn of ( সতর্ক করা ) He warned me of the danger.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family