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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Warn of ( সতর্ক করা ) He warned me of the danger.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.