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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Agree to ( একমত হওয়া (প্রস্তাব) ) I can't agree to the proposals.
  • Esteem for ( শ্রদ্ধা ) He has esteem for the superiors.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • 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?
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.