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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.