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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Rich in ( সম্পদশালী ) Bangladesh is rich in minerals.

Idioms:

  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )