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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.

Idioms:

  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.