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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

Idioms:

  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.