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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Unite with ( ঐক্যবদ্ধ হওয়া ) Be united with your friends.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.

Idioms:

  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.