"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.
  • Agree to ( একমত হওয়া (প্রস্তাব) ) I can't agree to the proposals.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.