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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.