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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.