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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Appeal to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.

Idioms:

  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.