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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.