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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Abound with ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) The ocean abounds with fish.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.

Idioms:

  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.