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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.