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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Worthy of ( যোগ্য ) He is worthy of our praise.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush