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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.

Idioms:

  • 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.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.