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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.

Idioms:

  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.