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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.

Idioms:

  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.