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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.

Idioms:

  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.