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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • A blessing in disguise ( বিপরীতে হিত ; প্রথমে খারাপ হিসেবে মনে হলেও পরবর্তীতে ভালো হয় ) Sam's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise because he got enough insurance money.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.