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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.

Idioms:

  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist