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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.

Idioms:

  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.