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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.

Idioms:

  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.