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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.