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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.