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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.