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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.