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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Enter into ( প্রবেশ করা ) He entered into the room.
  • Abound with ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) The ocean abounds with fish.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.