"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.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.