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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )