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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.

Idioms:

  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story