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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.

Idioms:

  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.