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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )