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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.

Idioms:

  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.