"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.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.

Idioms:

  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.