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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.

Idioms:

  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.