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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.