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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.

Idioms:

  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.