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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.

Idioms:

  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.