"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.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.

Idioms:

  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.