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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )