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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.