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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.

Idioms:

  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.