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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.

Idioms:

  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.