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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules

Idioms:

  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.