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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.

Idioms:

  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.