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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Admit of ( স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া ) Your conduct admits of no excuse.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.

Idioms:

  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.