"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.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.