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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.

Idioms:

  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.