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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Responsible for ( দায়ী (কোন কার্জ) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.

Idioms:

  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.