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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.

Idioms:

  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.