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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Differ in ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (মতামত) ) They differ in their opinions.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.

Idioms:

  • 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.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.