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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.

Idioms:

  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.