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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.

Idioms:

  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.