"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.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.

Idioms:

  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.