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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.