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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.

Idioms:

  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • 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.