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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).

Idioms:

  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.