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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.

Idioms:

  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story