"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.
  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Faithful to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) The dog is faithful to his master.

Idioms:

  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.