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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Worthy of ( যোগ্য ) He is worthy of our praise.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.

Idioms:

  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel