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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • 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.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.