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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.