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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.