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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.
  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.