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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.

Idioms:

  • 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.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.