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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.

Idioms:

  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.