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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )