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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.

Idioms:

  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • 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?
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.