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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Liable to ( দায়ী ) He is liable to fine for his misconduct.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.