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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.

Idioms:

  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Bring to light ( প্রকাশ করা ) At last all the facts were brought to light.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.