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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.

Idioms:

  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.