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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.