"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.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.