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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.