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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.

Idioms:

  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • 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?
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.