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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.

Idioms:

  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.