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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.

Idioms:

  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.