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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.

Idioms:

  • 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.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • 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
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.