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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.

Idioms:

  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.