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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.

Idioms:

  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.