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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.

Idioms:

  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.