"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.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.

Idioms:

  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.