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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.

Idioms:

  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.