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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Dislike for ( অপছন্দ ) He has dislike for dogs.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.

Idioms:

  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.