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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.

Idioms:

  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly