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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.