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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.