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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.

Idioms:

  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.