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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist