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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.