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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.