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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.