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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Heir of ( উত্তরাধিকারী (ব্যক্তি) ) He is the heir of his uncle.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.

Idioms:

  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.