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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Trust to ( বিশ্বাস করা (ব্যক্তি) ) You may trust the work to me.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).

Idioms:

  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.