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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.

Idioms:

  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.