"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.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.