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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.

Idioms:

  • 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?
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.