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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.