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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.