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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.

Idioms:

  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.