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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.

Idioms:

  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.