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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.

Idioms:

  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • 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?