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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Enter into ( প্রবেশ করা ) He entered into the room.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.

Idioms:

  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )