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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.

Idioms:

  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.