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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.

Idioms:

  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.