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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.

Idioms:

  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg