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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.

Idioms:

  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )