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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.