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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.

Idioms:

  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )