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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.