"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.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • 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.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.