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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.

Idioms:

  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.