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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.