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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.

Idioms:

  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.