"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.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.

Idioms:

  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )