"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.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • A blessing in disguise ( বিপরীতে হিত ; প্রথমে খারাপ হিসেবে মনে হলেও পরবর্তীতে ভালো হয় ) Sam's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise because he got enough insurance money.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.