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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.

Idioms:

  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel