"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.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.

Idioms:

  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.