"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.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.

Idioms:

  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.