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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.

Idioms:

  • 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
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.