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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.