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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.

Idioms:

  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.