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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.