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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.