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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.

Idioms:

  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • 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?