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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.