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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.