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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • 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
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family