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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.

Idioms:

  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.