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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.

Idioms:

  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.