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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.

Idioms:

  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.