"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.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • A blessing in disguise ( বিপরীতে হিত ; প্রথমে খারাপ হিসেবে মনে হলেও পরবর্তীতে ভালো হয় ) Sam's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise because he got enough insurance money.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.