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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.

Idioms:

  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • 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?