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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Faithful to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) The dog is faithful to his master.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.

Idioms:

  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.