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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Vexed for ( বিরক্ত (জিনিস) ) He is vexed with me for opposing him.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.