"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.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.

Idioms:

  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses