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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Favour with ( অনুগত করা ) Would you favour me with an early reply?
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.

Idioms:

  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.