"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.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.

Idioms:

  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.