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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Provide against ( পূর্বে ব্যবস্থা করা ; সরবরাহ করা ) You must provide against evil days for your children.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.

Idioms:

  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.