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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.

Idioms:

  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.