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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.

Idioms:

  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.