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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.