"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.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.

Idioms:

  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.