"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.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.