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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.