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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.

Idioms:

  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.