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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.

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.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.