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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Complain against ( অভিযোগ করা (অন্য ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.

Idioms:

  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • 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.