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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.

Idioms:

  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.