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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Admit into ( প্রবেশাধিকার দেওয়া ) He was admitted into the room.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.