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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.

Idioms:

  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist