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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Belong to ( অধিকারে থাকা ) This house is no more belongs to him.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.