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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.

Idioms:

  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.