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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Complain against ( অভিযোগ করা (অন্য ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.