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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.

Idioms:

  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.