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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.

Idioms:

  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?