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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.

Idioms:

  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.