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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.