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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.

Idioms:

  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.