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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.

Idioms:

  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.