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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.

Idioms:

  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.