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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • 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?
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.