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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.