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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.

Idioms:

  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.